A monkey has broken loose from a Scottish zoo, with staff urging the public not to approach it.
Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland, confirmed in a statement on Facebook that one of their Japanese macaques had escaped its enclosure on Sunday morning.
“Our charity has set up a team who are working to secure the monkey safely and as quickly as possible,” they said.
“If members of the public encounter the macaque they should contact comms@rzss.org.uk with more information and do not approach it.”
Japanese macaques, also known as the snow monkey, are the most northerly living non-human primate, according to the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
They note on their website they have “a large group” of 34 primates at Highland Wildlife Park, and say they “have had great success breeding the species”.
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